trees

Text and illustrations introduce the physical appearance, growing habits, and uses of the official trees chosen by each of the fifty States.

Examines the parts of a tree and its life cycle from seedling to decay.

When her beloved forest no longer gives her comfort and her brother Razo invites Rinna to the city to be one of Queen Ani's waiting women, she happily accepts, only to discover her own strength comes from places both expected and unexpected.

In a world devastated by war and disease, a young tree builder meets a girl with a strange tattoo and embarks on a journey to find the last living trees on Earth, but he must brave a barren wasteland where pirates, poachers, and man-eating locusts lurk.

Over 400 photographs and text explore the special part that trees have played in the lives of early American Indians, how forests played pivotal roles in the development of the United States and Canada, and the importance of trees today and for the next generation--in terms of both individual trees in the yard and garden and vast expanses of scientifically managed forests.

A tree tells why, out of all four seasons, autumn is the hardest.

A child climbs five different trees, looking for a place to hide and finding an increasing number of animals already in residence, until finally the perfect tree is discovered.

During the Depression, a rural black family deeply attached to the forest on their land tries to save it from being cut down by an unscrupulous white man.

A struggling cottonwood sapling becomes a landmark to travelers, a peace-medicine tree, and after its death in 1834, a yoke which is used on the trail to Santa Fe.